The programme includes a year of pre-planned lessons that are taught as part of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) and the Religious Education (RE) aspects of the school curriculum.

The materials provided include a teacher’s workbook containing an outline of the lessons along with a series of videos to support each of the lessons. The pupils are also provided with a workbook for their classwork and homework, along with a reflective journal for their own private thoughts surrounding the class teachings and activities. There is also a booklet for parents and carers to engage their support for the programme.

The UK Programme has been adapted with input from educational specialists Prospects and Prospects Improve.

Prospects provides a wide range of education, employment and training services in the UK and internationally. Its subsidiary, Prospects Improve, is renowned as one of the UK’s leading school and academy improvement service providers. Its dedication to improvement and industry expertise is widely recognised within the Education sector, earning them a number of awards for their work in Specialist Education.

KEY IDEAS CONSIDERED INCLUDE:

• Rules are a necessary part of the game of life
• We all have an inner goodness
• What we really want is good feelings
• What stops us from being happy?
• There are challenges and opportunities
• We must care for others 
and ourselves
• The four-step plan of stop, chill out, ask and share
• The importance and ways of sharing
• We are all connected

EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF KEY VALUES SUCH AS:

• Love                                 • Respect
• Friendship                      • Compassion
• Forgiveness                    • Wisdom
• Peace                               • Honesty

In 2012, the UK Government introduced revised guidelines for spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development as part of the Primary school curriculum.

The purpose is to ensure that every state-funded school offers a curriculum which is balanced and broadly based [1] and which: – Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society, and – Prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. [2]

It is now a requirement that ‘All schools should make provision for personal, social, health education (PSHE), drawing on good practice.’ [3]

The Winning in the Game of Life Programme™ has been specifically adapted to offer a structured programme based on best practice which can be easily implemented by Primary School Teachers and offers an engaging and effective educational resource.